Trial to begin next week in 2011 Watsonville rape

SANTA CRUZ - Jury selection is slated to begin next week in the trial of a man accused of raping a Watsonville carpet store employee at knife point.

Wayne Steven Maynor is charged with rape, burglary, and auto theft, and other charges stemming from the July 3, 2011, attack against the woman.

Payless Carpets and More on Freedom Boulevard was closed at the time and the woman was inside retrieving cleaning supplies to take to her second job. A masked man confronted her at a side office door and held a knife to her neck, police said previously. The man, later identified as Maynor, then ordered her to the floor of the shop and threatened to kill her if she moved.

Prosecutors have said Maynor then handcuffed the woman and raped her, later taking off with a laptop computer, the woman's iPhone, car keys and other items. He is accused of driving off in the woman's SUV.

Authorities tracked Maynor down using an application on the woman's iPhone.

Attorneys are scheduled to begin presenting trial motions Monday afternoon and jury selection could begin as soon as Tuesday.